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Task: Write a comparative and contrast essay on 2 books
Topic: “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson compared to “The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H.
Lawrence
Type: Comparative and contrast essay
Length: 3-4 pages
Formatting: APA
Requirements:
Choose 2 of the following short stories to compare and contrast in your essay:
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“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
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“The Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence
Also, make at least 1 of these elements of fiction the focus of your essay:
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Conflict/Plot/Structure
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Characterization
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Point of View
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Outline
Name
Institution Thesis statement
Fiction stories are usually invented by their authors to try and express something to the
other members of the society. In most cases, authors want to express their views about several
aspects of the society through writings. To achieve this, they have to come up with stories
revealing the features they wanted to express. Outline of the comparison and contrast between “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “The
Rocking-Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence
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Comment [1]: Why don't you make
announcements for every sentence in this paper?
Like, “Sentence one: blah-blah. Sentence two: blahblah-blah. Main body: blah...”
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Comment [2]: That's rather brave to claim it to be
the main motive.
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Comment [3]: Did you collect statistics?
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Comment [4]: This is unexpected. I thought they
have to come up with completely irrelevant stories.
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Comment [5]: I don't see ANY of them below. I
doubt that even lieutenant Colombo would.
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Introduction
"The Lottery" was written by Shirley Jackson 1948 June and published the same month.
It categorized to be one of the best short stories in the American literature today. The book talks
about a small town in American which annually conducted an activity known as “the lottery”.
"The Rocking-Horse, on the other hand, was written by D.H. Lawrence and was published in
1926. This story discusses the life of a woman who did not have luck despite looking successful
from outside view. Body
In "The Lottery" Shirley Jackson talks about the evils of blindly following a religion. He tries to
Comment [6]: I wonder how people write
outlines of comparison and contrast. Dude, is there a
way to write an outline for, say, comprehension, or
saturation? Do you see my point?
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Comment [7]: This is some weird data
formatting.
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Comment [8]: Categorized what?
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Comment [9]: Oh my God, talking books! Run
for your lives!
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Comment [10]: Atrocious style. Sounds like
you're writing about something suspicious, gloomy,
and prohibited. “The activity, also known as “the
lottery,” was a dark shared mystery of all the
dwellers of that small and forgotten town on the
outskirts of America.”
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Comment [11]: The paper is like you're trying to
sit on two chairs with one butt.
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Comment [12]: Whose body?
show the society that they should know the importance of tradition before conducting it. On the
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other hand in "The Rocking-Horse" D.H. Lawrence talks about people’s inability to be satisfied
in life. This can be seen by a woman in the story being unable to be satisfied with anything
despite people viewing her as being very lucky as she had married a handsome man and was
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Comment [13]: The sentence makes little sense.
doing well as an artist. Conclusion
These short stories are trying to show several things that affect the society. Analysis of these
stories is likely to reveal various solutions that can be used to end many problems affecting
people. Despite the different settings and themes of the two stories, have many similarities that
make them ideal for people to read.
Jackson, S. (2008). The lottery. Mankato, MN: Creative Education.
Lawrence, D. H. (2007). The rocking-horse winner. New York: Associated Educational Services
Comment [14]: What? Already? Don't tell me
that those puny paragraphs above were meant to be
called outlines.
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Comment [15]: No, it's you who is trying to
express a couple of simple thoughts coherently.
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Comment [16]: You just won't tell us which
solutions exactly, right?
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References
Corporation.
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Comment [17]: Based on your “outline,” I feel
like never reading them at all.
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Overall Impression:
In physics (I guess), there exists a term: “absolute zero.” I am pretty sure that college teachers,
tutors, and other poor folks who have to deal with student writing should use this term to
describe the stunningly low quality of some essays. I solemnly proclaim this essay to be “the
absolute zero” of academic writing.